Upcoming Events
CELEBRATING!
Trusting in Love's Creativity we will be able to celebrate together in Spirit in the midst of a pandemic!
Below is the cover of an online booklet that is being created for the celebration of Don and Linda's 50th Wedding Anniversary. The image used on the cover is a photo showing part of the most recent painting by Arthur Poulin entitled "Deep Calls to Deep", Psalm 47:2.
Arthur gifted us with his permission to use this photo. Gerry Symes, who has created posters and cards for Stillpoint for 11 years, designed the cover and online booklet. The top photo is the "Anniversary cake" collage that Peggy Allen created for us.
On August 15th, practicing social distancing outside, the Stillpoint discernment team, along with Jillian Froebe and Elizabeth Kerwin of Turtle Haven will join with Don and Linda for a brief time of prayer and ritual using the "Giving Thanks" booklet!
The link to access the booklet of prayers and reflections for this gathering will be available here soon.
We invite ALL who wish to join us in Spirit to do so, either on the 15th at 4pm, or any time you may wish to read through the online booklet.
No Anniversary gifts, please. Donations to Stillpoint in honor of the Conroy's 50th would be gratefully received.
FUNDRAISING DURING A PANDEMIC!
Picture below of the new reflection area by the Stillpoint cabin. A wonderful space for a quiet day of reflection.
Due to COVID-19 we are not able to gather together for our annual Stillpoint fundraiser. Our ongoing expenses continue as well as our commitment to offer our facilitators a just and respectful honorarium. We also remain committed to making scholarships available to all who wish to attend Stillpoint events.
For 11 years now your generosity to Stillpoint has continued to bridge the gap between the income we receive for an event and the actual cost of holding the event. Please trust that we are deeply grateful.
Donations can be made via checks made out to "Stillpoint" and mailed to:
1625 Huntley Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
OR
via Pay Pal: click here
Due to COVID-19 we are not able to gather together for our annual Stillpoint fundraiser. Our ongoing expenses continue as well as our commitment to offer our facilitators a just and respectful honorarium. We also remain committed to making scholarships available to all who wish to attend Stillpoint events.
For 11 years now your generosity to Stillpoint has continued to bridge the gap between the income we receive for an event and the actual cost of holding the event. Please trust that we are deeply grateful.
Donations can be made via checks made out to "Stillpoint" and mailed to:
1625 Huntley Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
OR
via Pay Pal: click here
These times are calling us to great change in solidarity with anti-racism work and, as with all change, we can either embrace or resist it.
Embracing change asks us to relinquish our comfort. Through doing the honest work of listening to embodied wisdom and emotions, we can move through discomfort into an initiation of living as an anti-racist.
There is no way to get this “right”. Rather, we are here to journey together through the wounds created, often unknowingly, by our participation in supremacy of white culture.
The aim of this 8 month online series is to engage in growing our awareness of white body supremacy along with deepening our stamina to do the work of countering and transforming it in our personal lives, communities and country.
If you are considering joining this series, we ask that you listen to the OnBeing interview Krista Tippet did with Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo before registering.
Facilitators:
Summer Starr, also a member of the Stillpoint discernment team, has worked in the non-profit sector internationally and in Whatcom county.
Peggy Allen is a member of Stillpoint's discernment team who is called to address her experience of internalized racism.
Glory Johnson, an active participant in the Stillpoint community, is passionate about holding a safe space for inner healing work to happen. She completed the 9 month program, “Generating Transformative Change”, in 2019.
Times and Dates: 6:30pm - 8:00pm; 2nd Thursday of each month starting September 10 through April 8.
Fee: $65.00 for Sept.-Dec. meetings, or whatever your present circumstances allow you to pay.
$65.00 for Jan.-May meetings, donation to an organization of your choice committed to racial justice.
The Zoom link for the Thursday night series will be sent the week of our monthly meeting.
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Embracing change asks us to relinquish our comfort. Through doing the honest work of listening to embodied wisdom and emotions, we can move through discomfort into an initiation of living as an anti-racist.
There is no way to get this “right”. Rather, we are here to journey together through the wounds created, often unknowingly, by our participation in supremacy of white culture.
The aim of this 8 month online series is to engage in growing our awareness of white body supremacy along with deepening our stamina to do the work of countering and transforming it in our personal lives, communities and country.
If you are considering joining this series, we ask that you listen to the OnBeing interview Krista Tippet did with Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo before registering.
Facilitators:
Summer Starr, also a member of the Stillpoint discernment team, has worked in the non-profit sector internationally and in Whatcom county.
Peggy Allen is a member of Stillpoint's discernment team who is called to address her experience of internalized racism.
Glory Johnson, an active participant in the Stillpoint community, is passionate about holding a safe space for inner healing work to happen. She completed the 9 month program, “Generating Transformative Change”, in 2019.
Times and Dates: 6:30pm - 8:00pm; 2nd Thursday of each month starting September 10 through April 8.
Fee: $65.00 for Sept.-Dec. meetings, or whatever your present circumstances allow you to pay.
$65.00 for Jan.-May meetings, donation to an organization of your choice committed to racial justice.
The Zoom link for the Thursday night series will be sent the week of our monthly meeting.
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Retreat with Carolyn Metzler
Fri. evening, 7pm-8pm, Sept. 18, Sat., 9am-1pm, Sept. 19, Sunday am, 10am-12pm, Sept. 20
Fri. evening, 7pm-8pm, Sept. 18, Sat., 9am-1pm, Sept. 19, Sunday am, 10am-12pm, Sept. 20
Focusing our understanding on how we are
called to be in an ever-changing world.
We are keenly aware of living in a time of radical and constant change. By developing deeper discernment skills, we learn to "see" in new ways which will enable us not just to make clearer decisions but also to explore different ways of being and doing in the world. Those partaking in the 3 day retreat, will do this work together in community and also apart, in silence.
Following an interactive format, which will include stories, music, and images, participants will explore together different levels of discernment.
What if we could practice new ways of seeing and understanding our current circumstances within a larger story? And how do we sometimes sabotage our heart's deepest desire?
What if we could practice new ways of seeing and understanding our current circumstances within a larger story? And how do we sometimes sabotage our heart's deepest desire?
Once registered, participants will be sent an email with some exercises, created by Carolyn, as a way of deepening an awareness of your personal story of discernment in preparation for your retreat experience.
The Zoom link will be sent to those who have registered the week of the retreat.
Facilitator:
Carolyn Metzler, an Episcopal priest, has recently retired from being spiritual director to the Living School for Action and Contemplation. She considers herself a baby crone and spends more time in the wilderness than in church. Carolyn has led retreats on Discernment and Wilderness Spirituality in many parts of the United States.
Dates and Times: Friday, Sept.18, 7pm-8pm; Sat., Sept.19, 9am-1pm;
Sun., Sept.20, 10am-12pm.
Fee: $55.00 (or whatever your circumstances allow at this time.)
Make checks out to, "Stillpoint".
Mail to: 1625 Huntley Road, Bellingham WA, 98226
Contact: Linda Conroy lnd.conroy@gmail.com
October Day of Reflection with Ivan Nicoletto
Not without the Other:
Always Evolving and Ever Incomplete Spirituality
Day of Reflection online with Ivan Nicoletto
Saturday, October 17
(more details soon)
